Morning Links: Forest Edition

Donald J. Trump has tapped banker Steve Mnuchin, son of New York art dealer Robert Mnuchin, to be Treasury Secretary. No doubt Trump’s anti-establishment supporters will appreciate Mnuchin’s 17 years at Goldman Sachs and that, while chairman of OneWest (formerly the California mortgage lender IndyMac), the company was hit with “allegations that it had foreclosed improperly on some borrowers” and that it did “not meeting its legal obligation to make loans in minority neighborhoods.” [The New York Times]

Real estate macher Jorge M. Pérez is giving $10 million to the Pérez Art Museum Miami, which carries his name, as well as a trove of Cuban art. An intriguing quote: “This is just peanuts compared to what I’ll be giving to the museum.” [The New York Times]

João Ribas, the deputy director and chief curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art Serralves in Porto, Portugal, will curate the 2017 Ural Industrial Biennale. [Artforum]

Klaus Ottmann, the deputy director for curatorial and academic affairs at the Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., will receive the medal of chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters from France. [Artforum]